Bicycle-bell



Patented Aug. 2, I898. E. H. WHITE.

BICYCLE BE LL.

(Application filed Mar. 7, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EEICE.

' EUGENE H. WHITE, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

BICYCLE-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,499, dated-August2, 1898.

Application filed March 7,1898- Serial No. 672,980. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE H. l/VHITE, of New Haven, in thecou nty ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut',have invented a new Improvement inBicycle-Bells; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken ineon-- nection with the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in

Figure 1, a top View of a bell constructed in accordance with myinvention with the gong removed; Fig. 2, a vertical section of acomplete bell; Fig. 3, a top view of the strikercarrier; Fig. 4:,a topview of the striker-spring; Fig. 5, a perspective view of one of thestrikers detached; Fig. 6, a sectional view of the striker-carrier andadjacent parts enlarged; Fig.7, a sectional View on the line a b of Fig.6.

This invention relates to an improvement in bicycle-bells, andparticularly to that class in which a two-armed striker-carrier isarranged for rotation in a horizontal plane within the bell and carryingstrikers which are adapted under centrifugal force to be thrown outward,so as to strike a lug formed in the inner wall of the bell, the objectof the invention being a simple construction of striker-- carrier andstrikers whereby a sharp clear stroke is secured and the rattling of theparts avoided; and the invention consists in the construction ashereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

The base A of the bell is of usual construction and adapted to beclamped to a bicycleframe in the usual manner. Within the base is acentral vertical post B, threaded at its upper end to receive a bell Cin the usual manner. Eccentrically mounted in the base upon a short studD is an operating-lever E, the finger F of which projects beyond thebase and the opposite end of which is formed with a segmental rack G,which meshes into a pinion II, also mounted in the base and connectedwith a gear-wheel I, which meshes with a small pinion J, mounted on thepost B.

The construction thus far described is the usual one for bells of thisclass and for which other mechanism may be substituted.

Rigidly connected with the pinion J is a horizontal striker-carrier K,which is formed from a strip of metal and provided at opposite ends withslots a, and at the ends on each side are short stop-fingers b. Beneaththe plate and between it and the pinion J and so as to be held rigidlyin position is a strikerspring, which consists of a ring L and two armsM M, the ends of which are lifted upward and are of such a length as toproject upward through the slots a and so as to stand in a planeslightly above the upper surfac of the carrier K. a

The strikers consist of round disks N, formed with two depending flangesO, which are distant from each other correspondingto the width of thecarrier K and so that the strikers may be set over the carrier and theflanges 0 turned inward beneath the under face of the carrier. Thesestrikers are therefore adapted to slide upon the face of the carrier,upon which they are frictionally held by the pressure of the spring-armsM M against their under faces. Their removal from the carrier isprevented by the fingers b 1), against which the flanges 0 will strikewhen the hammer is thrown to its outward position. The outer edges ofthe striker project beyond the flanges, so that when the flanges strikethe fingers the edge of the striker will project beyond the ends of thecarrier and into position to strike the lug (Z in the bell.

Preferably a spiral spring P will be placed around the post B to restupon the carrier, and, if desired, the hub 13 of the bell may bedepended upon to hold the spring in position; but preferably a threadedwasher Q will be turned upon the upper end of the post to form a bearingfor the upper end of the spring.

As the carrier is revolved under the action of the lever andintermediate gearing the strikers will be thrown outward by centrifugalforce, so as to strike the lug on the inner face of the bell. As thislug is struck the strikers are forced backward, and so that in operationthe strikers slide back and forth upon the upper face of the carrier.The spring arms bear with sufficient friction against the under faces ofthe strikers to force the flanges into close contact with the under faceof the carrier, so that rattling of so simple in construction as to bereadily struck up or cast, and therefore the bell pro duced at a lowcost for man ufaeture.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described bicycle-bell, comprising a central post ahorizontally-arranged striker-carrier mounted thereon and means forrevolving the same, slots in the opposite ends of said carrier, a springbeneath said carrier, the ends of which extend upward through saidslots, and strikers mounted on the carrier for transverse movement overthe ends of said springs substantially as described.

2. The hereindescribed bicycle-bell, com-

